#BBB953#BBB953

#BBB953 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.125 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB953
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -12.83, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 52.64, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0385 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.125 108)
XYZ	xyz(39.4049, 45.8883, 14.9635)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB953 #5355BB

analogous

#BB8553 #BBB953 #89BB53

triadic

#BBB953 #53BBB9 #B953BB

tetradic

#BBB953 #53BB85 #5355BB #BB5389

square

#BBB953 #53BB85 #5355BB #BB5389

split-complementary

#BBB953 #5389BB #8553BB

monochromatic

#6A692A #96943B #BBB953 #CCCB7F #DEDDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBB953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BBB953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB953

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB953	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.125 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd87',
    500: '#bbb953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb953;
$custom-light: #d2cd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76688,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.45887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB953

secondary

#9E9FCB

accent

#57D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB953

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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